On Wed, 04 May 2005 07:25:03 -0500, "Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired"
wrote:

Awhile ago I flew the KC-135 flight sim at Pease.

Heh, when I was in flight training out of Lebanon NH, we flew down to
Pease to land on that HUMONGOUS runway. It's only the one runway, but
it is just huge.

We were on short final and there was a Comanche in front of us that
had apparently just touched down, but we almost couldn't see it, it
was lost in the hugeness of the runway.

The tower suggested that we turn off at a taxiway 3/4's down the
length of the runway. The instructor told me to add power and "taxi"
in the air over the runway until we about reached it and then land and
turn off so that we didn't spend so much time putting along on the
runway.

We taxied back to the beginning of the runway for our takeoff and
launched. I think we nearly reached cruising altitude before we
passed the end of the runway. :-)

I just checked online for the runway length, 11,321 by 150 feet.
Sorta swallows you up when you're on it.

Corky Scott